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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Reasons for Staying - Almost Human, Pages 75 - 95).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Scavengers," what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to?
(a) Poems.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Trout on the shore.
(d) Songs.

2. In "Reasons for Staying," mercy is small, but what is smaller?
(a) The moon.
(b) The sun.
(c) The stars.
(d) The earth.

3. In "American Legend," who does the speaker call after the crash?
(a) His brother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

4. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," where does the speaker play the piano?
(a) The library.
(b) The hotel.
(c) His teacher's house.
(d) A room with no roof.

5. In "Künstlerroman," what does the speaker compare cigarettes in the dark to?
(a) Hope.
(b) Christmas lights.
(c) Stars.
(d) Fireflies in a bomb shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Reasons for Staying," what sounds "like footsteps" when you play it?

2. In "Nothing," what do ghosts who are family say?

3. In "Künstlerroman," when does the speaker dance with his mother?

4. In "Nothing," what does Peter's grandmother survive?

5. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," where does the speaker see his own reflection?

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